Airports in the Community of Madrid - Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid-Torrejon Airport, Cuatro Vientos Airport (Paperback)

Chapters: Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid-Torrejon Airport, Cuatro Vientos Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Madrid-Barajas Airport - Barajas Terminal 4 Departures-Terminal 4The airport was first constructed in 1927, opening to national and international air traffic on 22 April 1931, although regular commercial operations began two years later. A small terminal was constructed with a capacity for 30,000 passengers a year, in addition to several hangars and the building of the Avion Club. The first regular flight was established by Lineas Aereas Postales Espanolas (LAPE) with its line to Barcelona. Later, in the 1930s international flights started to serve some European and African destinations. Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass. It was not until the 1940s that the flight field was paved and new runways were designed. The first runway which started operation in 1944 was 1400 metres long and 45 metres wide. By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exists today. In the late 1940s scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines started. In the 1950s the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to 5 runways and scheduled flights to New York City began. The National Terminal, currently T2, began construction in 1954, and was inaugurated later that year. In the Plan of Airports of 1957, Barajas Airport is classified as a first-class international airport. By the 1960s large jets were landing at Barajas, and the growth of traffic mainly as a result of tourism exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, the airport reached the 1.2 million passengers, double ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=100383